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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1599

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. William "Will" Davis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/13A-8

Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. In provisions
concerning funding, provides that in any fiscal year in which the State
funding allocation is at or above $22,730,000, each alternative school
program shall receive $100,000 for that fiscal year (instead of receiving
funding in the amount of $30,000), plus an amount based on the ratio of an
educational service region's or the Chicago public school system's average
student enrollment (instead of best 3 months' average daily attendance in
grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these
amounts. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
LRB104 08270 LNS 18320 b

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning education.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The School Code is amended by changing Section
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13A-8 as follows:

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(105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
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Sec. 13A-8.
Funding.
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(a) The State of Illinois shall provide funding for the
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alternative school programs within each educational service
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region and within the Chicago public school system by line
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item appropriation made to the State Board of Education for
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that purpose. This money, when appropriated, shall be provided
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to the regional superintendent and to the Chicago Board of
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Education, who shall establish a budget, including salaries,
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for their alternative school programs. Each program shall
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receive funding in the amount of $30,000
, except that in any
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fiscal year in which the funding allocation is at or above
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$22,730,000, each program shall receive $100,000 for that
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fiscal year,
plus an amount based on the ratio of the region's
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or Chicago's
average student enrollment

best 3 months' average
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daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12
to the
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statewide totals of these amounts. For purposes of this
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calculation,
average student enrollment

the best 3 months'

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average daily attendance
for each region or Chicago shall be
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calculated by adding to the
average student enrollment

best 3
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months' average daily attendance
the number of low-income
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students identified in the most recently available federal
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census multiplied by one-half times the percentage of the
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region's or Chicago's low-income students to the State's total
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low-income students. The State Board of Education shall retain
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up to 1.1% of the appropriation to be used to provide technical
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assistance, professional development, and evaluations for the
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programs.
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(a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
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Section, for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the total amount
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distributed under subsection (a) for an alternative school
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program shall be not less than the total amount that was
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distributed under that subsection for that alternative school
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program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
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school program is to receive a total distribution under
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subsection (a) for the 1998-1999 fiscal year that is less than
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the total distribution that the program received under that
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subsection for the 1997-1998 fiscal year, that alternative
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school program shall also receive, from a separate
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appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5), a
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supplementary payment equal to the amount by which its total
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distribution under subsection (a) for the 1997-1998 fiscal
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year exceeds the amount of the total distribution that the
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alternative school program receives under that subsection for

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the 1998-1999 fiscal year. If the amount appropriated for
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supplementary payments to alternative school programs under
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this subsection (a-5) is insufficient for that purpose, those
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supplementary payments shall be prorated among the alternative
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school programs entitled to receive those supplementary
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payments according to the aggregate amount of the
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appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5).
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(b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to
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receive general State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of
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Section 18-8.05 or evidence-based funding as calculated in
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subsection (g) of Section 18-8.15 upon filing a claim as
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provided therein. Any time that a student who is enrolled in an
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alternative school program spends in work-based learning,
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community service, or a similar alternative educational
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setting shall be included in determining the student's minimum
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number of clock hours of daily school work that constitute a
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day of attendance for purposes of calculating general State
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aid or evidence-based funding.
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(c) An alternative school program may receive additional
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funding from its school districts in such amount as may be
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agreed upon by the parties and necessary to support the
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program. In addition, an alternative school program is
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authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants,
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including but not limited to federal grants, from any source
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for purposes directly related to the conduct and operation of
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the program.

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(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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